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Climate Policy and the Audacity of Hope

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New California legislation will require corporations to disclose their carbon emissions. Wind power costs fell by half from 2008 to 2021. The Department of Energy estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022. Utility-scale solar was an even more dramatic story.

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Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority To Buy More Wind Energy From Western PA Energy Consortium

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Committed to fostering sustainable practices, PWSA has been an active participant in WPEC's clean energy initiatives since 2008. Additionally, this agreement further safeguards the region’s energy needs by providing a long-term hedge against rising energy prices. Visit the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority website for more information.

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PG Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can’t Solve The Climate Crisis Alone - But The World Can’t Solve The Climate Crisis Without Pennsylvania

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The Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008 requires the state Department of Environmental Protection to provide the Legislature and governor every three years a report on current and projected climate change impacts, and a plan of actions to reduce carbon emissions.

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COP 21: A Kyoto Protocol Redux?

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It was expected to set the stage for a five percent reduction in carbon emissions that would occur beginning in 2008 through 2012, based on 1990 emission levels. The only problem, however, is that the Kyoto Protocol didn’t work to reduce overall global carbon emissions.

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How Finance can help stop climate change: Green bonds

Edouard Stenger

As more and more institutions and people are divesting from fossil fuels globally, climate responsible finance is booming. To conclude, finance is a key component of slashing carbon emissions and reaching global carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest and being carbon negative afterwards.

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Using the Free Market to Affect Change: An Argument for Environmental Taxes

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to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. Furthermore, the specific effects of carbon emissions on global climate change are also. would suggest increasing the price of carbon. jointly committed. Clean Power Plan.

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Climate Activists Argue Criminal Acts Legally Excusable Under Necessity Doctrine

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In 2008 an English jury acquitted six Greenpeace activists claiming the defense after the activists attempted to shut down a prominent nearby coal-fired powerplant. So actions taken to curtail some carbon emissions, but not all, might still suffice. 10, 2008), [link]. in some way. alleviate or reduce the risk. reasonable.

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